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CITY EDITION
- VOL. 54. NO. 104. OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1924. •* TWO CENTS1” ^vj’^eote ^laewhen!” ■ *
Defeat of
Chekiang
Is Complete
Pandemonium Reigns in
Shanghai as Result of Col
lapse of Defense; Com
manders Flee.
Guard Foreign Quarter
» By 1'nlvernnl Strvhf.
Shanghai, Out. 14.—Pandemonium
and around Shanghai is the after
math here today of the sudden col
lapse of the Chekiang defense of this
city last night before the onrush of
the Klangsu attack.
Thousands of Chekiang troops, de
serted by their commanders and not
knowing where to take themselves,
are fleeing towards Shanghai over
every possible available avenue lead
ing from the former battle fronts.
Defeat of the Chekiang army was
as crushing as it was complete, ac
cording to outspoken admission from
the Chekiang leaders themselves,
many of whom are fugitives either
in the international settlement of
Shanghai or aboard foreign warships
in the Whangpo river, just off this
city.
Armistice Arranged.
One thousand Chekiang soldiers ar
rived here late last night over the
Shanghai northern railway from
Huangtu. They reported that Gen.
Chwang Tse-Ping, the last of the
Chekiang leaders to surrender, had
been forced to give up his lont strug
gle after a brilliant assault against
the Klangsu fortes in his sector
maintained throughout the day yes
terday. However, this report of Gen
eral Chwang's surrender has not been
confirmed.
Forty-three car loads of Chekiang
troops are held up at Chenju, five
miles west of Shanghai, and 10,000
l.jore are awaiting transportation at
Jianziang. just north of this city.
Foreign observers along tlie former
battle front confirm the news that an
armistice was arranged between the
fighting armies in the Sungkiang
sector shortly before the general col
lapse of the Chekiang defense. Th<*
Liuho region has been cleared of
Chekiang soldiers.
Order Maintained.
Every precaution is being taken
by the International forces guarding
the foreign settlement of Shanghai
to maintain order in the city.
Up to now the arriving Chekiang
troops have been orderly in spite of
the general confusion that prevails
everywhere. .Most of the retreating
t ildiers are remaining in the railway
rurs that conveyed them from the
battle front to this city. Foreign
railway officials are puzzled what to
do with the^e soldiers. Apparently
no arrangements have been made as
to their pay or provisioning as ali
responsible Chekiang leaders have de
serted their followers.
A heavy patrol of naval volunteer
police is guarding the border between
the international settlement and thg
Chinese section of Shanghai, and no
one is permitted to either enter or
leave the foreign section.
Reports that Lu Yuang-Hsiang
and Ho Fcng-LIn, the two principal
Chekiang leaders, have fled to Japan,
have not been confirmed though it is
generally believed that both of them
are aboard a veasel bound for th*
Japanese islands.
PRISONER KIEI,ED
TRYING TO FLEE
* Charleston, West Va., Oct. 13.—One
prisoner was killed and another badly
wounded In an effort to escape from
the state prison here early today.
Karl Blankenship was killed in n
light with guards after he and Harry
McCracken, the wounded man, were
''.elected in throwing a rope over the
wall. McCracken was shot in the
shoulder.
According to the warden's office.
Blankenship had unlocked his cell
door with art improvised key, over
powered N. G. Black, a guard, whom
lie locked in a cell, after taking his
pistol. He then released McCrackgp.
Both prisoners were serving terms
for robbery.
We Have
With Us
Today
Miss Anna A. Gordon,
Temperance Worker.
Evanston. Ill
Miss Anna A. Gordon is national
president of the W. C. T. U. and has
dedicated her life to the cause ol
temperance. She was horn in Bos
ton and educated at Mount Holyoke
college. For 31 years she was secre
tary to the late Frances K. Willard
founder of the W. C. T. 1).
At the exposition In Chicago if
1813. Miss Gordon had an interesting
exhibit of temperance pledge cords
Blie is the author of numerous hymn
and books of various kinds, Includ
ll\g a biography of Frances Willard,
Jn addition to being president ol
A the W. ('. T. U. In this country, Mist
Gordon is president of the world or
ganization, which has branches In 61
rations. The W. C. T. U. was found
t ed 10 years ago.
Woman Is Ordained
Methodist Pastor
i m * v ^ -
Rev. Myra L. Hutchinson (above) of
Oregon is one of the first women
ordained as a Methodist Episcopal
pastor. Under a new ruling men and
women have equal standing in the
Methodist Episcopal clergy. Rev.
Hutchinson was assigned to a pas
torate at Harrisburg, Ore.
McMullen Tour
Swings Toward
East Once More
_
Republican Candidate for
Governor Joined by Sen
ator Norris; Together
This Week.
—
By P. C. POWELL.
Staff Correspondent of The Omaha Bee.
Alliance, Neb.. Oct. 13.—Adam Mc
Mullen. republican candidate for gov
ernor. arrived here today to open
his campaign through the northern
tier of counties bordering on the Da
kota line. He will address a mass
meeting here tonight with Senator
George W. Norris and will continue
traveling with the senator until
Thursday.
A Relegation of Alliance citizens,
inducing J. M. Miller. Era! Meyer
and Ed Bishop, met Mr. McMullen
at the station. In the afternoon he
visited the Burlington shops, after he
met a delegation of citizens from Hem
ingford, consisting of Ralph Pryce,
D. TV. Butler, Frank Goilk, K. L.
Pierce, George Jenkins and Ora Phil
lips who insisted that he speak there
tomorrow mopnlrg as he drove
through on his way from Alliance to
Chadron and Gordon.
Mr. McMullen complied with their
request. Senator Norris will go by
train to Chadron in the evening.
Former State Senator James Good
and George Snow of Chadron and
Dwight Griswold of Gordon, candi
date for state senate, arrived to con
vey the party to Chadron and Gordon
tomorrow. On Wednesday Senator
Norris and Mr. McMullen will go by
train to Valentine, arriving there In
the morning. In the afternoon Mr.
McMullen will drive to Springview
to attend an open air barbecue In
a night meeting with Senator
Norris.
A feature of the afternoon was a
dance by Indians In their war paint
on tlje streets. The Indians were on
their way to the reservation In South'
Dakota following several weeks’ work
in the potato country near Heming
ford.
FEWER FAILURES
IN STATE NOTED
Fewer commercial default* occurred
in the third quarter of the present
year than in a similar period of last
year In Nebraska, Minnesota and
North Dakota, according to R. G.
Dun & Co.’s report of fullures. In
creased defaults In Iowa, Missouri,
South Dakota and Kansas offset the
decreases, however.
With 408 commercial defaults for
$22,530,401 of liabilities, the third
quarter's statistics for central west
ern section (how increases in both
number and amount over the 4.35
failures for $8,0.30.983 of the corre
sponding three months of 1023.
FORDROYALTY
CASE IGNORED
Washington. Oct. 13.—The supreme
court today refused to consider
"hether Henry Ford owes Edward
S Huff $11,000,000 as royalty ui>on
magnetos used upon 4.500,000 auto
mobiles.
Huff claimed tie was pai.l $10,000
by Ford for tho Invention but that
he was also to teceive $2.30 for each
magneto* used. The lower federal
1 courts held that Huff had neglected
to press his claim within tho time
i allowed by law’.
ENGINER KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
New Milford, l*a., Ot. 1.1 - The on
gineer and fireman of a pusher en
glue at the rear of a freight train
were killed and three other train
r rnent injured today when a fiuffaln
' New York pawHenger train on the
• Lackawanna railroad, running
> through a heavy fog. crashed lnt»
the slowly moving freight near here
No puaaengera were lnji
AS?!3" *’»«n SOlire
Back Muscle
Shoals Bid
Magazine Interview States He
Has Withdrawn Offer, but
Federal Officials Are
Not Advised.
Senate Fight Impending
BULLETIN.
By Universal Service.
New York, Oct. 13.—Henry Ford’s
bid for the government nitrate and
waterpower plants at Muscle Shoals,
submitted to the War department in
1921, has been definitely withdrawn,
it was revealed today.
“We made the best bid we knew
how to make," says the Detroit manu
facturer In an interview by Samuel
Crowther, which is to appear in the
October 18 number of Colliers. “No
definite action has been taken on it.
A simply affair of business which
should have been decided by anyone
w-thin a week has become a compli
cated political affair. Productive
business cannot wait on politics.
Therefore we are withdrawing our
bid.’*
lly Associated Tress.
Washington, Oct. 13.—If Henry
Ford has withdrawn his bid for
Muscle Shoals, as Indicted by an in
terview published In Collier's Weekly,
he has failed thus far to advise offi
cials in Washington of his decision.
Neither the White Hourse nor the
War department, to which the bid
originally was submitted, has heard
anything that would mean a change
in the status of the proposal, and
none of the congressional leaders note
In the capital has received any recent
word from the Detroit ^Manufacturer.
Attention In Washington was at
tracted as much to the magazine's
quotation of Ford's endorsement of
President Coolidge's suggestion, that
an Impartial commission he appoint
ed to dispose of Muscle Shoals, as to
the report of the withdrawal of the
Ford offer itself.
Bitter Fight Planned.
The magazine story came as a shock
to supporters of Ford's offer, who
had succeeded In having the Muscle
Shoals question placed on the senate
calendar as the first order of bus!
ness for the December session of con
gress. They wers prepared to wage,
a bitter fight on the senate floor.
All members of both the senate and
house committees having to do with
the Muscle Shoals' question, were out
of the city today and it was impossi
ble to learn here if they had been
advised officially of Ford's with
drawal. Secretary Weeks said he
had received no word from Ford and
had not heard of a withdrawal being
submitted to the committees In con
gress.
The Ford offer already had passed
the house after being reported favor
ably by the house committee. Op
position to the Ford offer arose in
the senate committee on agriculture.
The fight against the bid was led by
Senator Norris, republican, Nebraska,
chairman of the committee, who sub
mitted an alternative proposal provid
ing for government ownership and
operation.
Norris Bill Favored.
After long public heatings the sen
ate committee refused to report
favorably the Ford bid and endorsed
the Norris bill and It had been
amended to carry optional provisions
for government ownership and opera
tion, or government ownership with
private operation.
The insistent democrats of Ford
supporters led Senator Norris to
agree to lay the whole Muscle Shoals
Issue before th^ senate at the De
cember session. Ford's offer was the
only proposal providing for private
ownership and operation. With the
passing of the Ford bid there would
remain the Norris bill, several pro
posals for government ownership and
private operations and the admin!
stratlon plan for the appointment of
an Impartial commission to study the
Muscle Shoals problem and submit
recommendations to congress.
STEEL CONTRACT
FOR BUILDING LET
The structural steel contract for
the new live Stock Exchange bulld
I !ng, South Side, has been let to the
l'axton Si Vierllng Iron Works, so
cording to H. S. Brelnlg, chief engi
neer of the Union Stock Yards com
1 pany.
' The new 10-story building designed
by (ieorga Prlnz. architect, Is to bo
t shaped, with a frontage of IRS feet,
1 north and south, and 133 feet, east
and west. The building will stand
1 at the end of the viaduct now under
1 construction by the stockyards com
1 pany.
Red Oak Monte Carlo
Orchestra to Broadcast
Red Oak, la., Oct. 13.—Monte Carlo
orchestra of this city will broadcast
k a musical program Tuesday evening
from ti '.tn to 7:30 from the May Seed
and Nursery company station, Hlien
i andnah, and will relay to wave meter
,VJ6, WOAW, omaha. Those taking
• part on the program are: Hubert
p Llndle, piano; Lawrence Milow, Trom
< bone; Ml wood Madden, saxophone,
I Merrill Hawkint. drums; Vaugb
Woodard, violin and Dowlen June"
saxophone.
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Get Out and Vote!
Women volunteers are wanted
to canvass precincts of the city in
tlie got-out-the-vofe movement, Mrs.
Charles T. Neal said Monday.
Headquarters are in the southeast
corner of the basement of the
courthouse.
Bach worker is given a diagram
of a precinct and asked to rail at
eacli home, urging the citizens to
register and vote.
Ho far, the response to the ap
peal has been far below expecta
tions, but Mrs. Neal believes the
women will respond and push the
work during the 10 days remain
ing before registration time ends.
\_/
Dawes Breaks His
Silence on Plans
for Reparations
G.O. P. Nominee Says Scheme
Is Workable and Will Prove
Foundation of Enduring
Peace in Europe.
By AMftociatrd Frew.
Louisville, Ky.. Oct. 13.—Breaking
his silence on the reparations settle
ment plan bearing his name. Charles
G. Dawes, republican candidate for
vice president, opened a two-day
campaign In Kentucky today with
an address, In which he asserted that
the proposal, as finally established
today by ’he allied nations and Ger
many, was “a workable plan,” and
furthermore, "will prove the founda
tion of an enduring and Chrlstlas
peace In Europe and the world.'
Dawes made his pronouncement be
fore a nonpartisan audience, gathered
at a noon luncheon here held under
the auspices of the republican county
committee, and was induced to break
his silence by reference to the plan
hy the chairman of the gathering,
Fred M. Sackett, republican candidate
for United States senator. Prior to
the luncheon Dawes had read Asso
ciated Press dispatches announcing
final establishment of the plan.
The republican nominee spent the
day in Louisville and In addition to
the luncheon address, conferred with
republican state leaders and tonight
spoke at a mass meeting In the city
auditorium at which he continued his
attack on the I-a Fo.lette Independent
candidacy. Tomorrow he will carry
his speaking campaign beyond Louis
ville with rear platform speeches
from his special train at Hhelby
vllle, Lexington. Frankfort and Cov
ington, thereby ending his present
tour.
Discussing the reparation plan as
“the experts plan,” and not as “the
Dawes plan” as it has come to be
known. Dawes used his reference to
it to draw a leHson—the lesson that
settlement of the nation’s economic
problems, in his opinion, must be
solved not through oratory, not
through the preaching of inconsistent
doctrine* and not through dema
goguery, but through work, thought
and honesty of mind and purpose di
vorced from politics.
FORBES GIVEN
FIRST HEARING
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 13.—The case
of Col. Charles R. Forbes, former dl
rector of the veterans’ bureau, under
Indictment here on chargee of con
spiring to defraud the government,
began today before Federal Judge
Super on a motion for a bill of
pleas.
The motion was opposed by District
Attorney Amos W. Woodcock.
With Forbes are Indicted Lieut.
Commander Charles R. O'Leary, for
mer chief of supplies of the veterans’
bureau, and Nathan Thompson of
Boston. The charge alleges Forbes
und O’Leary sold $3,000,000 worth of
supplies to Thompson for one fifth
their value.
FIREMEN BURNED
AS OIL TAKES FIRE
Dallas, Tex . Oct. 13.—Seven men,
Including six firemen, are known to
have been burned seriously snd others
nre reported Injured In a fire today
which Is sweeping oil tanks here of
the Clay county company.
At 1:30 p. m. six tanks of oil were
burning. The loss was estimated at
$100,000 at that hour. Two of the
tanks, which hnve a capacity of 1,000
barrels, exploded.
DAWES TOURING
BLUE GRASS STATE
Louisville, Kj'„ Oft. 13.— Beginning
a two-day drive for Kentucky'* 13
electoral votes, Charles O. Dawes, re
publican nominee fur vice president,
had on his program here n noon
luncheon with party leaders, followed
by a. reception, a radio speech at 3
and a formal address tonight.
Frederick M. Beckett, a republican
nominee for United States senator,
will preside and Introduce Dawes.
J. R. Tiiasev D les in Oregon; '
Will Rp Ritriet! ul DeWitl
DeWlU* Nob . o<*t. n Thr body
t-f .1 ft Til Sf , . former »**p«l«l**nt «•!
HeWltt. Hrrixcfl today from Portland,
Otr., and burial will hf* he*tv Turn
day, beulde I he w ife who dird h*re Hi
yearn ago. Tuaaoy watt xft yftai'8 old.
and wim an «*arly aMtler h*»re. Hr
ia mtrvlved by r» aeoond wlfo and one
son, of Portland, mid two »uii«, ChrU
and YVilllum, of DeWitt
1
Divorce Is
Issued to
Wife of Hart
—
Former British Major Agrees
to Pay Alimony of $200
Monthly to Mate Whom
He Deserted.
May Wed Mrs.Hall-Quest
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 13.—Frederick
William Hart, former major in the
British army, was free tonight to
marry Mrs. Shirley Knox Hall-Quest,
divorced wife of Dr. Alfred Lawrence
Hall-Quest, dean of the action depart
ment of the University of Pittsburgh,
in the real of "perfect love.”
Mrs. Rosamond Hart of Cincinnati
was granted a divorce from her hus
band here today, just seven days
after Mrs. Hall Quest was released by
her husband. In order that she might
continue her association with Hart.
Dr. Hall-Quest was granted his di
vorce in Chicago, where he made
every effort to conceal from the light
of publicity the name or his wife's
associate.
Cruelty Charged.
The hearing was brief. Judge
Charles L. Hoffman granted Mrs.
Hart a divorce on the grounds of ex
treme cruelty. He approved a con
tract entered into by Hart whereby
Mrs. Hart received $5,000 in cash and
a monthly allowance of $200 during
the remainder of her life. She like
wise was given possession of furni
ture and effects located In the Hart
apartment here whleh adjoined that
formerly occupied by the Hall-Quests.
This contract will automatically grow
void should Mrs. Hart marry again.
Hart was not In court. He left
Chicago Sunday njght, ostensibly for
Cincinnati. Judge Hoffman said, al
though he had granted the divorce, he
would not put on the formal decree
until tomorrow.
During the hearing the name of
Mrs. Hall-Quest was frequently men
tioned as the "other woman” In the
unusual triangle.
Walter Locke, attorney for Mrs.
Hart, took the stand and told of a
conversation he had with Mr. H^trt.
“No Reconciliation.”
"He was discussing what he was
able to do for Mrs. Hart’s support,"
he said. “He admitted to me he was
living In Chicago with Mrs. Hall
Quest. He said he would live with
her whether he was divorced or not.
I asked whether there was not some
way he and Mrs. Hart could be rec
onciled.
” ‘Absolutely not,* he said. *T would
never again live with Mrs. Hart.’ ”
The "perfect love” of Major Hart
and Mrs. Hall-Quest started in On
cinnatl, where the families lived in a
flat building in adjoining apartments.
Dr. Hall-Quest was connected with
the faculty of the University of Cin
cinnati and Major Hart was an ac
countant here. Later Hart and Mrs.
Hall-Quest left Cincinnati together
for Chicago, where they lived until
last week, when Dr. Hall-Quest se
cured his divorce.
Major Hart, In a short interview
last week, said: "We are just wait
ing.”
NAVAL BUDGET
MAY BE REDUCED
Washington, Oct. 13.—A proposal
that the budget bureau and the Navy
department compromise upon $330,
000,000 aa the appropriation for the
navy' during the next fiscal year was
presented today by Director Lord by
Secretary Wilbur. The original esti
mate for the department totalled $350,
000,000, which was reduced about $30.
000,000 by the officials holding the
federal pursestrings.
Secretary Wilbur Brought an addi
tional $4,000,000 for naval aviation,
which would bring that allotment to
approximately the $13,0cn,000 recom
mended by the general boa'
ACCIDENT VICTIM’S
FUNERAL TUESDAY
Funeral services for Karl Malland,
17, former Central High student, who
was killed In an automobile accident
on the D. P. D. highway Friday night,
will he held Tuesday at 2:30 p. ni. at
Sc ottish Rite cathedral. Dr. Frank (7.
Smith, pastor of the First Central
Congregational church, will officiate
High school friends of Malland will
act as pallbearers. Burial will be In
Prospect Mill cemetery.
1’allheal ei s will be Harold Palmer,
Payson Adams, Russell Hunter.
James Halley. Willard I’slier and
Mtllo Tipton.
BRYAN RETURNS
FROM HIS TOUR
Lincoln, Neb, Oct. 13.—Governor
Bryan returned to Lincoln early to
day after n campaign tour tu five
western st.ite*. A« noon a* attention
la given to accumulated work at the
capitol the democratic vice prcalden
Hal nominee will start on tin* final
lap with day and night speeches that
will keep hint busy until election eve
rii.-M- Sitiil (iltitiiiiig.
Rose Worthy. 1102 Avenue 1), Coun
cil Bluffs, reported to police Monday
morning that some one had broken
Into her home and atolen « quantity
of men a and women s clothing
Sothern and Marlowe Back in U. S.
l_: j
Anione the theatrical folks of prominence to arrive in New York on
the liner Aquttanla the other day were fc. H. Sothern and wife, Julia .Marlowe,
the celebrated Shakesperian players.
I
Forget bourses,’
Educator Asks
_
Alabama Teacher to Explain
New School System to
Omaha Forum.
T,enrning is its own reward and
education is growth. This is the
message brought to Omaha teachers
by Mrs. Marietta Johns, n of Fair
hope, Ain., who arrived Monday
morning to address the Omaha school
forum in the auditorium of Technical
high school.
Mrs. Johnson has attracted the at
tention of education of the country
through the system of instruction
wivlch she developed in her home
town, where her Institution is known
as an “organic school.”
Her fundamental principle is that
the growth of the child is superior
to the claims < f the curriculum, and
that by following the special needs
of the child, he will advance in
physical and mental well-being.
“In this sort of education,” she
said, “with Its flexibility, Its ein
rhasis on interest and happiness, it3
recognition of the emotional iersis of
action, its tffort to utilize all kinds of
ability, the problems are so compre
hensive. the adjustments are so
delicate, that success is assured only
under the wisest and most sympa
thetic teachers.”
Mrs. Johnson contends that the
average child should not he required
to read In school until eight years
old. She believes that many children
suffer eye strain, round shoulders,
nervousness and other disorders be
cause of requirements in school not in
keeping with their needs.
"I discovered after years of exper
menting at my school in Falrhopc
that much of the instruction in the
lower grades does not aid in the de
velopment of the child,” Mrs. John
son said. "Our business is to supply
the needs of the child. We should
stimulate, control, glide, instruct and
inspire; that is the business of the
school."
The practice of giving external re
wards for high marks runs counter
to the educational Ideas of this edu
cator. She states that if the educa
tion is properly administered, the
pup 1 will take a natural joy in learn
tng and that education will become a
natural growth. She condemns the
custom of announcing lists of pupils
who obtain high marks.
"My plnn of education does not de
stroy control of the child in the
school room, and the experience has
been that by supplying the real'needs
of the child, the teacher automatical
ly obtains better control." she added.
Mrs. Johnson will proceed Monday
night to San Francisco, where she
w.ll conduct a special school fop six
weeks.
COOLIDGE LEADS
IN STRAW VOTE
i'nl\ in Coolldge ted Davie hy 14.
votes In the "straw" vote taken Sun
day .it the Orpheum theater. Robert
I .a Follette was only 103 votes behind
Davis.
The poll wns: Coolldge, 781; Davis.
576; Da Follette, 473.
The vote will he taken at every per
formanre In every theater of the
Orpheum circuit this week. Natlonnl
results will he announced next Tties
day,
. Hat Selection Day.
Woim*u of groups in \iriou* com
munition who have been engaged in
millinery work under the direction ot
Myrtle Hanley of the state agricul
tural extension nervine during the
past autnmer, presented a prt'gram at
t)ie hat selection achievement du>
program at Hlkhorn lant Wednesday
A hundred and fifty peraona attended
Thomas Is Pained
bv Jury's \ erdict
w W>
Award to Suspect Arrested by
Dry Agent “Outrageous,”
He Says.
“Outrageous:" cried Elmer Thomas,
prohibition director for Nebraska,
commenting Monday on the $750 ver
dict returned In favor of a Norfolk
(Neb.) citizen against Elmer Hunt,
former head of the mobile agents of
this division.
“Federal Judge AVoodrough's 'in
stru. tions were a great disappoint
ment to me, too," 6aid Mr. Thomas.
"I was greatly surprised to hear thar
oodrough directed a 5100 verdict
against Hunt, and then allowed the
jury to fix the amount of damages."
Thomas was also keenly disap
pointed when the jury acquitted three i
suspects, against whom he thought
the government had excellent cases
Hunt was sued for 510.000 because
one of his agents held a Norfolk citi
zen In jail for 4S hours without bond
until a habeas corpus action was
started to liberate him.
According to AYoodrougb's lr.struc
tios. all prohibition agents must be
prepared to file complaints when they j
make arrests. In Hunt's case It was
charged that the agent was unable to]
prepare a complaint, and it was neces
sary to obtain a government district
attorney from Lincoln to prepare one ]
Assistant United States District
Attorney Koyser, who prosecuted the
cascs, refused to make any comment j
LAWYERS ENDORSE
DISTRICT JUDGES
Every judge now on the district
court bench was endorsed by mem
bers of the legal profe «ion In Wash
ington, Burt and Douglas counties
In a referendum taken by the Omaha
Bar association.
The referendum has Just been com
pleted. The ballots carried space for
the Insertion of nine names. More
than -400 ballots were cast.
A resolution presented at n recent
meeting led to the circulation of the
referendum blanks.
The judges named were: W. A Red
ick. Charles A floss. W. G. Hastings,
A. C. Troup. .Charles Leslie, Carroll
O. Stauffer, James Fitzgerald, Ar
thur C. Wakely nnd I,. B. Day.
CHINESE OF OMAHA
TO OPPOSE TONGS
Chief of Police Charles H. Van
Deusen notified all Omaha police and
detectives Monday morning that po
lice courtesy cards had been Issued to
nine Omaha Chinese.
These Chinese are watching Oma
ha for the appearance of tong ngita
tors, following tong war outbreaks In
other cities.
The courtesy cards authorize* them
to call the police patrol and police
aid at any time.
Omaha at present has no tong,
and local Chinese are co-operating
with authorities to prevent establish
ment of one.
1 The Weather !
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Communication With
Her at Any Moment.
Slight Engine Trouble
Boston, Oct. 13.—The dirigible ZR
3, en route from Germany to the
t'nlted S'ates, passed over Flores Is
land, the most westerly of the Azores
group, at about 0:30, eastern standard
time, according to a message from
the ZR-3 picked up by the Chatham,
Mass., station of the Radio Corpora
tion of America tonight.
The message, sent to Hamburg,
Germany, was not timed, but was
picked up by the radio corporation’s
station at about 6:30 p. m. The is
land is in latitude 39 degrees. 25 min
utes, north; longitude 31 degrees, 12
minutes, west.
The ZR 3 w-as talking with Ham
burg, the operator reported. Eariier,
at 1:30, a message was sent indicating
that the ship had sighted Pico Island,
in the Azores, "dead ahead.” The
message indicated that the giant air
cruiser had encountered some slight
engine trouble, but that It was pro
ceeding satisfactorily w.th three
engines running.
By Awoflated Pr**#.
Friedrk-hshafen, Oct. 13 —Now that
the ZH-3 has passed the "top of the
hiU,” as old mariners call the half
way point in transoceanic voyages, it
is believed probable here that if all
continues well the big dirigible will
reach the region of the Virginia
capes late Tuesday.
In view uf the splendid progress of .
the airship so far and the fact that
reports indicate falrlv good flying
weather. Zeppelin officials are of the
opinion that Dr. Hugo Eckener, In
command, will slow down the motors
and arrange his schedule so as to
pass Norfolk and Richmond and skirt
the coast, giving Washington a view
of the big ship Wednesday morning.
I: is then likely, officials believe,
that the ZR 3 will proceed to Balti
more, Wilmington, Philadelphia, New
York city and Newark, prior to moor
ing at Lakshurst in the afternoon.
Washington, Oct. 13—Driving west
ward at an average speed of from 50
to 55 miles an hour, the German built
air cruiser ZR 3. to night Was ap
proaching a point where the Navy
department momentarily was expect
ing to establish direct wireless com
munication with it.
Westerly Winds Prevail.
Unofficial dispatches during the
day brought word of the air cruiser’s
passage of the Azores sector* reviv
ing hopes that a new record for
Transatlantic flight might be set
when it stops at its mooring mas;
at Lakehurst. N. J. The arrival is
predicted for Wednesday morning hy
naval officers detailed to keep In
Pitch with the flight.
Reports of a moderate atmospheric
disturbance in its path were declared
to increase rather than diminish Its
d ances f r a speedy passage. West
erly winds of more than average
force are prevailing north of Ber
muda, according to the observation
■=Hts stationed by the navy near the
i'rth<-rn steamship lanes.
The only- direct report from the
R-3 to ’he Navy department today
as a delayed dispatch, signed by
Capt. George W. Stee’.e. the ranking
American observer, describing the
take off yesterday from Friederlchs
hafen and the decision to take the
longer southerly route, by way of the
Azores and Bermuda, because of the
preliminary weather reports.
From Bermuda the course probably
will be influenced by later meteoro
logical observations, but officials here
are confident it will be a straight
away path for its destination, with a
possibility that the ship may !>e taken
on a short swing over New York city
before landing. »
Still German Property:
The ZR 3 still will be "Germany
property” when it reports at Taike
hurst, and several weeks probably
will e!ai>se before legal title will pass
to the United States.
As outlined by the government of
ficials today, the procedure to be fol
lowed in its delivery It:
German government turns Zeppelin
*ver to crew for delivery :r the United
Slates, before Its departure from
Frledrlchshafen.
Reporting at the lakehurst station,
the American commander there gives
\ "custody receipt" to the German
rormnanrter.
United States naval board of in
•pwvtion and survey makes a
thorough tost of the ship and Inspects
" from end to end for the Navy de
partment.
On receipt of report of trial hoard,
Ifavy department informs S"a:e de
partment that the ship meets specifl
-a lions.
State department, acting for United
states government, « know ledges re
>ipt of ship to the German roveni
re m completing the f. rm«l aecepl
ntce.
The cruis<a Milwaukee, which had
■ on stationed as observation and
•atrol ship Ad miles , \st of Halifax,
m the northern route, reported late
o lay that It had taken up tte position
it Ptltude 39 north, longitude 5t' west,
•r about half way betwesm the A»cce»
ind Bermuda